Just thought I'd let you know, I've got this issue resolved.
When you had said that the classpath was probably looking at an old version of the .class file if your code worked, I was confused, because I had my classpath set directly to where I wanted it to go.
HOWEVER.....
At the very beginning of my classpath, (which is someplace I wasn't looking) I had it pointing to a directory on our server where I keep a backup of my java apps.
So I changed the classpath to look at the directory in eclipse before it looked at the server, and GUESS WHAT??
It worked.
Once again, THANK YOU VERY MUCH for all of your help.
Here's to you!